ALEX Lesson Plans

Title: Paper Chase Vocabulary
Description:
Students will exhibit an awareness on the concept of the story. Students will gain an understanding of the vocabulary, extend the vocabulary, and use it while speaking and writing. Students will become familiar with vocabulary as it is placed within a text.
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (0) 41: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. [L.K.6]

Subject: English Language Arts (K) Title: Paper Chase VocabularyDescription: Students will exhibit an awareness on the concept of the story. Students will gain an understanding of the vocabulary, extend the vocabulary, and use it while speaking and writing. Students will become familiar with vocabulary as it is placed within a text.

Title: Sense Suspense
Description:
In this language development lesson, Kindergarten ELLs learn the five senses, classify objects using the five senses, and create an ABC book modeled after Bruce McMillan's Sense Suspense in which they demonstrate their learning.
Standard(s): [S1] (0) 7: Classify objects using the five senses.

Subject: English Language Arts (K), or Science (K) Title: Sense SuspenseDescription: In this language development lesson, Kindergarten ELLs learn the five senses, classify objects using the five senses, and create an ABC book modeled after Bruce McMillan's Sense Suspense in which they demonstrate their learning.

Title: Easter Egg Eggstravaganza
Description:
Computer and language arts skills will be introduced, reinforced and enriched through Easter activities related to the book The Golden Egg by A.J. Wood.
Standard(s): [AED] VA (1) 1: Create works of art using a variety of techniques.

Title: Peeking At Pumpkins
Description:
As part of a unit about pumpkins, students will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Student understanding will be aided by the use of the flannel board, individual booklets, and Kid Pix software.
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (0) 16: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). [RI.K.7]

Subject: English Language Arts (K), or Technology Education (K - 2) Title: Peeking At PumpkinsDescription: As part of a unit about pumpkins, students will learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Student understanding will be aided by the use of the flannel board, individual booklets, and Kid Pix software.

Title: Word a Day
Description:
Word a Day allows students to develop a bank of sight words that are meaningful to them. Each student picks words to add to his/her individual word bank. The teacher can specify particular categories or let the student choose any word. The student then finds a picture or symbol to illustrate each word using a variety of resources.
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (1) 40: With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. [L.1.5]

Subject: English Language Arts (K - 1), or Technology Education (K - 2) Title: Word a DayDescription: Word a Day allows students to develop a bank of sight words that are meaningful to them. Each student picks words to add to his/her individual word bank. The teacher can specify particular categories or let the student choose any word. The student then finds a picture or symbol to illustrate each word using a variety of resources.

Thinkfinity Lesson Plans

Title: Rain, Ice, Steam: Using Reading to Support Inquiry About the Water Cycle
Description:
Water is always moving in a continuous cycle from liquid to solid to gas and back again. Students study this never-ending cycle through shared readings, center activities, and experiments.
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (2) 38: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies. [L.2.4]

Title: Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences
Description:
Students learn about sentences by listing verbs, nouns, and adjectives. They use word cards to create descriptive sentences and work in groups to create the longest sentences they can.
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (2) 37: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. [L.2.3]

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive SentencesDescription: Students learn about sentences by listing verbs, nouns, and adjectives. They use word cards to create descriptive sentences and work in groups to create the longest sentences they can.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: K,1,2

Interactives/Games

Title: Same Difference
Description:
Interactive game where students click a word, then click the word that is a synonym (means the same) or an antonym (means the opposite).
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (2) 38: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies. [L.2.4]

Learning Activities

Title: Same Difference
Description:
Interactive game where students click a word, then click the word that is a synonym (means the same) or an antonym (means the opposite).
Standard(s): [ELA2013] (2) 38: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies. [L.2.4]